Rheden

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This article is about the Dutch municipality. For the German municipality, see Rheden, Lower Saxony. For the similarly named town, see Rhede.
Rheden
Municipality
Church in Rheden
Church in Rheden
Flag of Rheden
Flag
Coat of arms of Rheden
Coat of arms
Highlighted position of Rheden in a municipal map of Gelderland
Location in Gelderland
Coordinates: 52°1′N 6°3′E / 52.017°N 6.050°E / 52.017; 6.050Coordinates: 52°1′N 6°3′E / 52.017°N 6.050°E / 52.017; 6.050
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceGelderland
Government
 • BodyMunicipal council
 • Mayor (PvdA)
Area
 • Total84.35 km2 (32.57 sq mi)
 • Land81.74 km2 (31.56 sq mi)
 • Water2.61 km2 (1.01 sq mi)
Elevation28 m (92 ft)
Population
 (January 2019)[4]
 • Total43,640
 • Density534/km2 (1,380/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Rhedenaar
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode
6880–6883, 6950–6957, 6990–6994
Area code026, 0313
Websitewww.rheden.nl

Rheden (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈreːdə(n)] (About this soundlisten)) is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands.

Population centres[]

Population of the seven villages on 1 January 2013[5]

Topography[]

Gem-Rheden-OpenTopo.jpg

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Rheden, June 2015

Transportation[]

Notable residents[]

Public thinking and Public Service[]

Louis Couperus
Anouk van Dijk, 2009

The Arts[]

  • Mina Kruseman (1839 in Velp – 1922) a 19th-century Dutch feminist, actress and author
  • Louis Couperus (1863 – 1923 in De Steeg) a Dutch novelist and poet
  • Baroness Ella van Heemstra (1900 in Velp – 1984) a Dutch-British aristocrat and the mother of Audrey Hepburn[6]
  • Simon Carmiggelt (1913–1987) author, who had a home in De Steeg
  • Teun Jacob (1927 in Rheden - 2009) a Dutch wall painter and sculptor
  • Jan Siebelink (born 1938 in Velp) a Dutch author
  • Paula van der Oest (born 1965 in Laag-Soeren) a Dutch film director and screenwriter[7]
  • Anouk van Dijk (born 1965 in Velp) a Dutch choreographer, dancer, artistic director and teacher
  • Maarten Demmink (born 1967 in Goudriaan), known as Demiak, a Dutch painter, photographer and sculptor
  • (born 1972 in Rheden) a Dutch film and TV director and presenter[8]

Sport[]

Miscellaneous[]

  • The Gazelle bicycle factory is situated in Dieren.

Gallery[]

  • Rheden, country house: de Valkenberg

  • Velp, river: de IJssel

  • Velp, view to a street (de Hoofdstraat)

  • Velp, monumental office building at the Hoofdstraat

  • Dieren, tower: de Dierense toren

  • Dieren, monumental house: Schweer bey der Beckehof

  • De Steeg, villa: Huize Rhederpark

  • Spankeren, reformed church

  • Bicycle Ferry on the IJssel crossing Rheden to Lathum - panoramio

References[]

  1. ^ "College burgemeester en wethouders" [Board of mayor and aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Rheden. Archived from the original on 1 June 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Postcodetool for 6994AB". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  5. ^ Statistics on Rheden.nl Archived 2013-12-15 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ IMDb Database retrieved 10 October 2019
  7. ^ IMDb Database retrieved 11 October 2019
  8. ^ IMDb Database retrieved 11 October 2019

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